Episode 1,238: intel with Tom Schad on Washington's DC search and promotion of David Blough to OC and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

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🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Tom Schad of The Washington Post on the nature of the Commanders' locker room during their 5-12 2025 regular season, when we should expect the team's defensive-coordinator search to be done, the likelihood of the Commanders' defensive-coordinator hire being someone with whom head Dan Quinn has not previously worked, why the team promoted David Blough to offensive coordinator, what Quinn is wanting and anticipating from Blough that Quinn was not getting from Kliff Kingsbury as offensive coordinator, how Blough is representative of something that Schad has researched - The Sean McVay Effect - and more Segment 3 - Washington Capitals: analysis of a 3-2 overtime win over the Montreal Canadiens in a game in which the Caps overcame being down 2-0 at the end of the second period Segment 4 - College Basketball: thoughts on Maryland's 88-71 loss at USC, Georgetown's 86-83 overtime loss at Creighton in a game in which the Hoyas blew a seven-point lead with less than two minutes left in the second half, No. 16 Virginia's 79-70 win at No. 20 Louisville and George Mason's 82-74 win at Loyola Chicago The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you For great discussion of the Washington Commanders, visit BGObsession.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand two hundred thirty-eight of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Wednesday, January 14th, 2006. It is the 20th
0:26.1	anniversary of the Washington Redskins 2010 loss at the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round
0:31.8	of the NFL playoffs, January 14th, 2006. That was the first of three postseason losses for the skins to the Seahawks
0:40.7	over a span of just eight seasons, the 2005, 2007, and 2012 seasons. So the skins in the playoffs for
0:48.0	each of those seasons lost to the Seahawks. You know, you could argue that Washington over the last
0:53.4	20 years has had more meaningful games against the Seahawks than against A'shawks. You know, you could argue that Washington over the last 20 years has had more meaningful
0:55.5	games against the Seahawks than against any NFC East rival. That says a lot about how bad
1:01.6	Washington has been for most of the last 20 years. Also says a lot about the states of our team's
1:07.0	rivalries with the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, and Philadelphia Eagles.
1:11.2	You know, I was thinking about the rivalries off what Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson
1:15.4	did in the locker room after his team's epic 3127 home win over the Green Bay Packers
1:21.3	this past Saturday night in the wildcard round. Johnson saying, quote, F the Packers, end quote, and the Bears posting that video on
1:30.1	X, put aside however you feel about Johnson doing that, wouldn't it be nice if the Washington
1:35.5	Dallas rivalry got back to being like that? Wouldn't it be nice if the Washington Dallas rivalry
1:41.5	had that kind of passion, had that kind of a big stakes game? I mean, the Washington Dallas rivalry had that kind of passion, had that kind of a big stakes game.
1:45.9	I mean, the Washington Dallas rivalry, to me, is on life support right now.
1:50.2	The rivalry feels as irrelevant as ever, and it's too bad.
1:54.1	I so hope that we get back to that rivalry being great again.
1:58.3	Maybe we will, hopefully soon, but we've been waiting for a while.
2:02.1	Hello and welcome to this Wednesday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast. Well, the rivalry being
2:07.7	great again likely would require Washington being great again. Next segment, a conversation
2:13.3	about the latest in the team's quest to do just that. Be great again. As I, for the first time
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